Title: Unexploded Ordnance Tech III Category: Technical Services/Operations Location: Fallon, NV / USA | Sector: Technical Services
Posting ID: TS/096415
Description:
Performs reconnaissance and classification of unexploded ordnance (UXO), identification of U.S. and foreign guided missiles, bombs and bomb fuses, projectiles and projectile fuses, grenades and grenade fuses, rockets and rocket fuses, land mines and associated components, pyrotechnic items, military explosives, demolition materials, and subsurface UXO location using civilian magnetometers.
Supervises the excavation and recovery of subsurface UXO, construction of UXO-related protective works, the location of surface UXO by visual means, transporting and storing UXO assuring compliance with Federal, state, and local laws, disposal of UXO by burning/detonation, preparation of an UXO disposal site, preparation of an on-site safe holding area for UXO. Determines UXO-related storage compatibility and prepares an explosive storage plan. Supervises donning and doffing of personal protective equipment, operation of a personnel decontamination station, and maintenance and operator checks on all team equipment.
Prepares UXO-related administrative reports and procedures. Conducts daily team safety briefings. Supervises segregation of UXO-related scrap from non-UXO-related scrap, safe handling procedures, team preventive medicine, and field sanitation procedures. Performs risk hazard analyses and interprets x-rays of UXO. Supervises field expedient identification procedures to ID explosive-contaminated soil and the determining of a magnetic azimuth using a lensatic compass. Performs emergency leak sealing. Responsible for packaging of chemical warfare material. Provides time-sensitive targeting and target development support as needed.
Uses the IEMS to document maintenance.
Reports to: Support Supervisor
High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum Experience Requirements:
? Eight years' experience in explosive ordnance recognition, handling, retrieval, and disposal
? Ability to speak read and write English.
Minimum Position-Specific Training Required
? Military training in ordnance disposal
? Possess a valid state Driver's License
? Obtain military vehicle operator's certification. Security Clearance Required.
